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Cartel Monitoring and NCAA Football
Makofske, Matthew (2012-01-06)
In the last twenty-five years, economists have developed and tested the hypothesis that the member institutions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association behave as a cartel and contrive market power in the sports of ...
Determinants of Rural Non-Farm Employment and Income in Paraguay
Correa ramirez, Pedro (2008-08-15)
During the last decades considerable research has been carried out on non-farm rural employment and income of farm households. The thesis examines the factors influencing non-farm employment and income among rural individuals ...
Differential Economic Performance in Developing Countries
Phoka, Charumporn (2008-12-15)
This thesis examines the economic performance in developing countries. The 2003 data is collected from 74 developing countries. The level of economic performance is measured by GDP per capita. The independent variables ...
Does An All-Star Premium Exist in the NBA? An Econometric Analysis of NBA Player Salaries from 1999-2006
Hayles, James (2006-12-15)
This thesis is a salary determination model for NBA players. It presents a review of previously published literature as well as discusses background information on the structure of the NBA’s labor market. It uses the ...
Economic Freedom and Happiness: A Cross-Country Analysis
Thorne, Jere, Jr. (2009-10-20)
The economics of happiness is a rapidly emerging sector of economic research that centers on an individual’s self-perceived notion as to the degree he is satisfied with his life. This study seeks to estimate how much of ...
Economic Impacts of Gold Production in South Africa
Kinyua, Peter (2011-08-03)
The causes of rising demand pull inflation in South Africa are examined with an eye on the international price of gold given the importance of gold mining in the country. Effects of the money supply, exchange rate, foreign ...
The Economics of Film Distribution
Byrd, William (2010-10-26)
The film industry, namely Hollywood, is characterized by a pattern of large budget releases during what may be termed peak seasons. The peak seasons are centered on holidays, when demand is high, which in turn leads to ...
The Effect of Collegiate Athletics on Alumni Generosity
Whaley, Christopher (2006-12-15)
This study tests the effect collegiate athletics plays within the parameters of a model for alumni giving. A sample of over 650 schools, both with and without athletic programs, indicates universities participating in ...
The Effect of Medical Malpractice Award Amount on Health: A Cross-Sectional Review of 1998 State Date
Margretz, Jason (2007-05-15)
This thesis examines the relationship between amount awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits and the health of a population. Data from 1998 is collected for each state and a crossectional analysis is performed. Two stage ...
Essays in Applied International Economics
Malki, Mostafa (2006-05-15)
This dissertation is organized into two essays in international economics and finance. The first is an analysis of the US-Morocco free trade agreement and its impact on Morocco. The study uses a computable general ...
Essays on South Africa: Exchange Rates, Bilateral Trade and Inflation
Kinyua, Peter (2012-04-20)
South Africa shows how natural resources can be harnessed to build a successful economy. This success gives rise to peculiar macroeconomic issues that warrant analysis. Chapter one of this dissertation investigates the ...
Estimating Elasticities of Substitution in African Crops
Zouhair, Fatima (2012-04-19)
This paper examines cross price elasticities of substitution for labor, capital, and fertilizer for the agricultural sector in Africa with a translog production function. The data are from the Food Agricultural Organization ...
Ethanol and Its Effect on the U.S. Corn Market: How the Price of E-85 Influences Equilibrium Corn Prices and Equilibrium Quantity
Pincin, Jared (2007-08-15)
This study analyzes the impact the market price of E-85 has on equilibrium price and quantity exchanged of corn in the U.S. market. After presenting the political history of federal interest and intervention in the ethanol ...
The Ethanol Market: An Econometric Inquiry into the Market for E85
Tatum, Shaun (2007-12-15)
This study analyzes the ethanol market in order to determine if E85 can replace gasoline as the United States primary fuel. After presenting the history of the ethanol market, past literature on ethanol, and legislation ...
Evaluating the Competitiveness of US Agricultural Market Commodities
Kagochi, John (2007-08-15)
This dissertation is organized into three different topics in the field of international trade and economics that look at the competitiveness of US agricultural export commodities using different economic models and ...
An Examination of the Impact of Education on Voter Turnout
Turpen, Benjamin (2008-05-15)
This paper explores the relationship between educational attainment and voter turnout. The relevant theory is addressed and a model is formulated to account for demographic factors thought to affect turnout. Data from the ...
An Examination of the Youth Voter Participation Rates with Individual Level and Election Specific Information
Meads, Holly (2008-12-15)
The young voters (age 18 to 24) political participation by voting has declined in the previous Presidential election years and few studies have determined the cause. This study examines the youth participation rates in ...
Examining a Contractionary Monetary Policy Shock over Two Regimes
Otto, Daniel (2010-12-01)
The goal of this thesis is to improve on the work done by Lawrence J. Christiano, Martin Eichenbaum, and Charles Evans in the 1996 article “The Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks: Evidence from the Flow of Funds”. In order ...
Examining the Determinants of Divorce: A State-Level Analysis
Greene, Sara (2012-01-05)
This goal of this thesis is to empirically examine the effects of certain determinants of divorce using state-level data between 2005 and 2009. Microeconomic theory is used to both predict and analyze the outcomes of the ...
The exchange rate and Foreign exchange reserves : Japan and United States, 1974 to 2010
Tang, Zhenfei (2012-05-09)
The exchange rate is very difficult to predict. In 1971, the fixed exchange rate system transferred to a floating exchange rate system after the collapse of the Bretton Woods System. The Bretton Woods system established ...